I would say not exactly deteriorated Jim ~things, people and attitudes have changed ~ It is not the folk scene of the 1950/60/70s it is a new millennium indeed 2019 and though traditional songs and contemporary song is the new remit of the youngsters, there is nothing to stop the singing of songs for pleasure by we oldies and the continued enjoyment of singing and playing of songs and tunes It seems to me that instrumentation and accompaniment of songs is what the young artists are at nowadays and good luck to them I certainly would hope that the "oldies" can teach the youngsters some thing or other! I would add in passing that songs learnt from books by the young thruster seem to my mind lack the feel of songs from recorded sources ~ they are bland ~ however accompaniments do often add a great deal to the original material ~but not always ~ and not necessarily a good thing! Ray Padgett
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